Hi Jenny I create two "matching" events, with the event name indicating in brackets if they are "done to" or "done by", and edit the wording so that it is correct for each - in effect I have two separate events.
Cheers, Brett B McL Robinson, Hamilton, New Zealand On 11/06/2011 5:48 a.m., Jenny M Benson wrote: > There are quite a few Events one might want to add to a person's record > which can be either "done to" or "done by" and of course it makes a big > difference in the Sentence structure. > > One example: Godparents. One might want to record that somebody's > Godparents were Joe Bloggs and Fanny Adams, or one might want to record > that Joe Bloggs was a Godparent of Jane Doe. > > Another example: One might want to record that Joe Bloggs was granted > Probate of Fanny Adams's Will, or one might to record that Fanny Adams's > Will was Probated by Joe Bloggs. (Sometimes the only Source I have is > the National Probate Calendar, not details of the actual Will.) > > I'd be interested to know how other Luggers deal with this situation. > Failing coming up with another Event Name which makes sense (which I > haven't had much success with) it seems to me that the best way is to > ignore Description (which I usually use for most Events) and put all the > relevant information in the Event Notes so the wording can be varied > according to circumstance. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
